“He made me observe the several methods used by farmers in managing their lands.” - Page 214 · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: “He made me observe the several methods used by farmers in managing their lands.” - Page 214
Subject: Scholars in Literature; Inventions in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Laputa; England; Balnibarbi
Description: Gulliver visited the Academy of Balnibarbi, where scholars worked on the latest innovations. Here we see farmers coming up with new methods of planting using stilts. In the foreground we see a scholar looking through a telescope, using the stars to predict the best time for farming.
Image Creator: T. Morten (Engraver)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut Engraving
Identifier: mta:22068
Language: eng
Source Name: Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Parent Collection: 1865 London Morten; 1865 London Morten
Image: mta_22068_OBJ.png
Collection: Gulliver's Travels
Subject: Scholars in Literature; Inventions in Literature; Fictional Works; Fictitious Characters; Imaginary Places; Imaginary Creatures